The Senate will not vote on President Barack Obama's signature Asian trade deal this year

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Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, promises that the US senate will not vote this year on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement while speaking this Thursday at the Kentucky State Farm Bureau breakfast. "The current agreement, the Trans-Pacific [Partnership], which has some serious flaws, will not be acted upon this year,".

McConnell did predict that during the next administration the bill will still be "worked on".

As the majority leader, McConnell and his party could have decided to try and pass the bill in this lame duck session of president Obama. Since they have the power to decide and change the future of this topic, this futuristic declaration is being marked as a 'promise' rather than a prediction.

Do you think McConnell has the last word and Obama won't be able to do anything with the deal by the time he is out of office?Share with me your opinion as a vote and your thoughts as comments.

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